Missing Punctuation Marks KS1 SPAG Test Practice

These questions have been taken from the KS1 SPAG test to help your children practise specific question types.

National Curriculum Objective

Year 1 English: (1G5.1) Beginning to punctuate sentences using a capital letter

Year 1 English: (1G5.2) Beginning to punctuate sentences using a full stop

Year 1 English: (1G5.3) Beginning to punctuate sentences using a question mark

Year 1 English: (1G5.4) Beginning to punctuate sentences using an exclamation mark

Learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly (see English appendix 2) including:

Year 2 English: (2G5.1) capital letters

Year 2 English: (2G5.2) full stops

Year 2 English: (2G5.3) question marks

Year 2 English: (2G5.4) exclamation marks

Year 2 English: (2G5.5) commas for lists

Year 2 English: (2G5.8) apostrophes for contracted forms

Year 2 English: (2G5.8) apostrophes for the possessive (singular)

Differentiation:

Beginner Missing full stops or question marks with two options. Aimed at Year 1 Developing.

Easy Missing full stops, question marks or exclamation marks with three options. Aimed at Year 1 Secure/Year 2 Emerging.

Tricky Missing full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, commas or apostrophes with three options. Aimed at Year 2 Developing.

Expert Missing full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, commas or apostrophes with four options. Aimed at Year 1 Mastery/Year 2 Secure.

Worksheets include answers.

Other Possible Linked Objectives
English Y1: Beginning to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark

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